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Firefox 3 and VPN

We’ve had reports from users that they are being denied access to a some of UBC Library online resources (ScienceDirect, Wiley Interscience etc.). It appears there are some incompatibilities with VPN and Firefox 3. Recommended solution – quit the browser and restart. If you’ve had a similar experience or discovered other fixes, please send a […]

CiNii – scheduled power supply maintenance

CiNii and all other National Institute of Informatics (NII) services will be unavailable on Sunday, September 7th 2008 from 7:00am-9:00pm (JST) for power supply maintenance. The services that will be unavailable are as follows: – GeNii: NII Scholarly and Academic Information Portal – (CiNii, Webcat Plus, KAKEN, NII-DBR) – NII Repository of Electronic Journals and […]

Project MUSE launches new web interface

Project MUSE is pleased to announce the release of a new web interface, enhanced with many features to aid ease of navigation, expand discovery, and encourage deeper interaction with the wealth of scholarly content offered by MUSE. As stated in the publisher’s press release: The new site design offers several new tools and resources for […]

SFX – Scheduled Server Maintenance – COMPLETED

Update: Sunday, Aug.17th 9:30am Our server maintenance & testing has been completed. Please report any problems to eResources Help. Friday, August 15th We will be performing SFX server maintenance on Sunday, August 17th from 7:00am-10:00am. UBC eLink will be unavailable during this time. We apologize for the inconvenience.

HeinOnline System Issues – RESOLVED

Update: Thursday, Aug.14th HeinOnline systems are now fully functioning. Wednesday, Aug.13th HeinOnline is still experiencing technical and server issues. Users accessing HeinOnline via Serials Solutions (UBC Library’s ejournals A-Z list) or other third parties may not be able to function at full capacity due to the third party redirecting back to the original server. Hein […]

UBC eLink – SERVICE RESTORED

Update: Aug.13th – 1:10pm UBC eLink is back on track. We apologize for any inconvenience. Wednesday, August 13th – 11:40am UBC eLink is temporarily unavailable. We are working to restore access as quickly as possible.

HeinOnline is Experiencing Technical Difficulties

Notice from HeinOnline Support HeinOnline’s hosting partner is currently experiencing some technical issues. The technical team is working diligently to bring HeinOnline back to full system capacity as quickly as possible. During the interim, you may experience slow load times and/or delays in HeinOnline. You may also experience difficulty searching, resulting in search errors. Continue […]

CRC Press – Scheduled server Maintenance

CRC Press will be performing maintenance on their servers beginning Friday August 8th at 16:30 (4:30 P.M.) through 22:00 (10:00 P.M.) Eastern Time. Note: local time (PST) = 1:30-8:00 PM Access to CRCnetBase resources will be unavailable during this time.